Connecting-rod for brake-beams



(No Model.)

0. PEIL.

OONNEGTING ROD FOR BRAKE BEAMS.

No. 428,333. Patented May 20, 1890 A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHRISTIAN FEIL, OF NEV UTRECHT, NEl/V YORK.

CONNECTING-ROD FOR BRAKE-BEAMS.

SJPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,333, dated May 20, 1890.

Application filed March 29, 1890- Serial No. 3%,903. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may'conoern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN FEIL, of New Utrecht, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Connecting-Rod for Brake-Beams for (Jars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of an improved connecting-rod for brake-beams for street and other cars, said rod being so constructed as to eifect a perfectly secure and safe connection with the beam Without in any manner enlarging, boring,or recessing the beam,asis now the practice.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention shown applied to a car, the car-axle and the brake-beam being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional elevation of my invention and the brake-beam to which it is applied, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation 011 line as xof Fig. 2.

A represents a straight rod screw-threaded at A and adapted to be connected to the chain B or other operating mechanism of the brake. Attached to the rod A is the supplemental rod C, screw-threaded at C and bent to form the lateral arm 0 and eye-C which latter is secured to the rod A in this instance by internal screw-threads and the screwthreads A. The rods A O span the brakebeam D, and are made fast thereto by the front clamp-plate E and rear clamp-plate F and the nuts to b 0 cl. The clamp-plate E is apertured at e e for the rodsA C, and is formed with a recess or notch e to embrace the edge of the brake-beam D, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The rearclamp-plate is apertured at f f for the rods A O, and is recessed or-notched at f to embrace the rear edge of the brake-beam D. It is also formed with the plate F, which serves to retain the nuts 0 d on the main rods,-

so that detachment of the rods from the brakebeam is impossible. The said plate F is apertured at g g for the ends of the rods and is by preference made integral with the main part of the clamp-plate, a web F serving as a connection.

By employing the clamp-plates and the nuts I am enabled to use a perfectly-plain brakebeam, which saves extra labor and cost in construction and fitting and the beam is of equal strength throughout.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The main rod having attached thereto a bent supplemental rod combined with the notched clamp-plates applied to said rods, one at each edge of the brake-beam,substan tially as described.

2. The main rod A, screw-threaded at A, and. the supplemental bent rod 0, screwthreaded at C and screwed upon the rod A, in combination with the nuts a b, clamp-plates E F, and nuts 0 61, substantially as described.

3. The main rod A and bent supplemental rod 0, both screw-threaded, combined with the nuts a Z) 0 cl, and the clamp-plates E F, the latter formed With the plate F to retain the nuts 0 d, substantially as described.

4. The clamp-plate F, formed with the notch f',web F and the guard-plates of flanges F,

substantially as described.

CHRISTIAN FEIL. WVitnesSeS:

MICHAEL FEIGEL, FREDRIcK A. NrrscHKE. 

